Context: Recently,  Ladakh’s Director of Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Mohammad Raza inaugurated the 1st Solar Lift Irrigation Plant of Kargil with five kilowatt(KW) Solar Plant and 3 Horsepower(HP) Submersible Pump(installed by Kargil Renewable Energy Agency- KREDA)  at Yak Breeding Farm, Bodh Kharboo.
About Solar Lift Irrigation Plant

• It is the first Solar Lift Irrigation Plant of Kargil.
• It is equipped with 5 KW Solar Plant and 3 HP Submersible Pump at Yak Breeding Farm.
• It will help others to solve the shortage of water to irrigate, particularly those lands which are at the banks of river.
• The Pump is discharging 45,000 Litre water per day from Dawn to Desk which is a great achievement.
• It is set up under Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM).

About RGM

• It was launched in December 2014 with an outlay of Rs 2025 crore for enhancement &  conservation of indigenous breeds by selective breeding in the breeding tract and genetic upgradation of the nondescript bovine population. 
• The comprises two components namely National Programme for Bovine Breeding(NPBB) and National Mission on Bovine Productivity(NMBP).